Weekend plans

[d000hg]

Didn't know you were into wine-making as well as brewing SY - done it before?

[SimonMac]

Getting in early to annoy norrah....

So what is everyone doing?

I think just spelling her name wrong will be enough to annoy her!

[suityou01]

Didn't know you were into wine-making as well as brewing SY - done it before?

I did it some years back and the results were awful. Smelt like feet. Tasting like tulipe.

I did it again last year after our fruit picking. The results are as follows :

Strawberry wine - nice enough, like a rose, needs to be chilled. Very strong, and has a kind of warming sensation as it slips down so possibly more of a desert wine or candidate for turning into strawberrry brandy.

Blackberry wine - nice to drink, nothing to rave about though.

Blackcurrant wine - Smooth, classy, could easily have been shop bought. Friends rave about it and I have back orders.

Elderberry wine - Best not talk about that one.

So I have learned a few lessons about different fruits and their characteristics, the importance of pectinase (an enzyme to remove pectin) and acidity. Also learned a bit about tannins.

Make no mistake, wine making is an art and the blackcurrant wine could have been luck. We will find out!

[d000hg]

I like the sound of the strawberry one, though obviously you'd never get into distillation

Jealous now.

[Mich the Tester]

I'm sure there's a market for dangleberry wine in Germany.

[Ketchup]

Someone at clientCo's birthday so am reluctantly going for a beer tonight. then back to sunny Chelmsford for the beer festival.

Tomorrow playing golf then ad a barbeque for the rest of the day.Then Sunday will be mostly spent nursing a substantial hangover.

[MyUserName]

Doing the Tewkesbury battle reenactment!

Ie fighting, camping, drinking, dancing etc.

[suityou01]

Doing the Tewkesbury battle reenactment!

Ie fighting, camping, drinking, dancing etc.

You are rasputindude and I claim my 5 free foam battle axes.

[Pondlife]

Tonight: Quiet one in the garden, possible bbq
Tomorrow: Mate's 40th so he's having a BBQ, I'm driving though cos it's 2hrs away.
Sunday: Potter in the garden

Thanks for asking.

[doodab]

Bbq, music, bit of telly, bike ride.